New Weapons

Jake and Mason's page

• Ketchum grenade-
• made august 21, 1861
• used in the Vicksburg and Bittsburg and Peterburgs battle
• wieght in at 31/2 or 5 lbs
• lands on the tip of the nose witch sets off the gun powder causing explostions
• not very effective because it didnt always blow up!

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• The Spincer carbine
• there are many others but this one is the most popular
• the gun holds seven shots
• the bullets are loaded at the butt of the gun
• the guns weights in at 8 lbs.
• it shots 1200 feet per seconds

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• Henry's repeating rifle-
• In was invinted in 1850 by Benjamin Henry
• the magazine holded 15 rounds located below the barrow
• this weapon can shoot 45 rounds
• this weapon shot 42 rounds more then a standurd rifles does

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• the Gatling gun-
• the Gatling gun was created by Dr.Richard J. Gatling
• was created to decrease the use and death of people.
• the gun had 6 chambers that shot a hundred rounds per minute
• so the gun shoots 600 rounds per minute

the gun was really inaccurate

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reference-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun

http://www.hackman-adams.com/guns/spencer.htm